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Thorn Park laid to rest at Windsor Park

Saturday, 8 December 2012

Champion New Zealand sire Thorn Park was put down on Saturday morning. Windsor Park Stud announced its 13 year-old stallion had finally succumbed to an infection in the navicular bone of his near-hind foot.

Thorn Park sustained a punctured sole to the foot earlier this season which resulted in secondary issues including laminitis in his off-hind foot. “Over the past few months, every effort has been made by veterinarians and staff,” Windsor Park said in a statement. “While good progress had been made, unfortunately the infection proved insurmountable.”

His current star Ocean Park was the weight-for-age king of Melbourne’s spring carnival after winning the G1 Makfi Challenge at Hastings on September. He crossed the Tasman to claim the G1 Underwood Stakes, G1 Underwood Stakes, G1 Caulfield Stakes and G1 W S Cox Plate.